Improvement in roofing-tiles



` tile the opposite half k of the dovetail joint is UNIT-En? STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. WEYBEEOHT, OE ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOE or TwO-THIEDS HIS EIGHT To J. t. SMITH AND JOHN wELTY, OE SAME PLAGE.

.IMPROVEMENT IN RQOFING-TILES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,642, dated May 5, 1874 application filed April 4, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. WEYBEEOHT, of Alliance, in the county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Roofing-Tiles, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to certain iinprovements in the construction of tiles for roofing purposes, and the invention consists in scour ing adjacent tiles together by means of a semidovetail lap-joint, the opposite halves of such joint being formed on the side edges of said tiles. This joint is further provided with a groove in its lower half, for the purpose of conducting oft any water that may enter therein. Other similar grooves are formed upon the outer surface of the upper half of the joint, and in the front edge of the tile. Several minor details enter in lits structure, which are hereinafter speciically set forth.

'Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, is a top-plan view of three tiles, showing the manner of securing them together. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line a: a: of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on y y, Fig. 1, looking toward the front edge of the tile. Fig. 4 is a similar view looking toward its rear edge. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a tile having a modified form of joint.

The letter A represents a tile of my construction, provided with the ange d and recesses yor notches b o, for the reception of the front curved edge d, and having', also, the water-sheds e f, which latter further serve to strengthen and ornament the tile. At one side of the tile is formed a semidovetail groove, g, somewhat resembling a V, extending from the iian ge a to the end of the front curved ed ge'of the tile, and having atthe meeting edges of its sides a water-shed groove, h. vThe flange a is out away at this groove g, so as to leave shoulders (See Fig. 4.) At the other 'side of this formed, which is a projection extendingto the front edge of the tile, andcorresponding in shape with the groove7 as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. One side of the groove g is extended above the other, toform a ange, l, corresponding in height with the flange m, on

which projection k is formed, so that when two tiles are brought togetherand joined, by simply inserting the projection of one in the groove of the other, the upper surface of the `in Fig. 1, a spacebeing left between the edge v l of the upper tile and the flanges cof the lower tiles, for the purpose of allowing the proper adjustments of the tiles when in position. The liange lis beveled from the groove h, as clearly shown, and the outer edge of the projection k is likewiseinclined or chamfered, so as to fit snugly against ange l, to form a tighter joint. A water-shed groove, o, is made in flan ge m, and also one, lettered p, in the edge d, which latter groove, in connection with groove h, conducts onto the body ofthe tile any water that may get into the joint. Lugs 1' r are provided for use in securing the tiles to the roof-frame. At the upper end of projection 7c is made a depression, corresponding in form thereto, to fit tightly against the shoulders i fi in grooves g, so as to make a close joint, and to this same end the edge d is cnt away at s s,.,so that it may t snugly against the ange e, the solid ends of edge d `ttin g in recess 0and its cut` away portion resting against the'solid portion of the iiange. The form of groove g and projection 7c is not limited to an exact V shape, as one side of said groove and projection may be at any angle to the other that will allow of thetwo parts of the joint properly lapping.

Clay, iron, Snc., may be used in forming (molding) my tiles.

Fig. 5 shows a modified form of tile. this the joint is of a tongue-and-groove form.

1 am aware that tiles have been made with variously-constructed lap-joints, and I do not, therefore, desire to claim this idea, broadly; but

Having thus describedy my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described tiles for roofing purposes, any two of which can be joined together by a lapjoipt of a V` shape, extending the whole length of the tiles, and constructed as shown-that is, with the Water-shed groove h ders i, grooves h o, and the edge d, with its and shoulders i i--for the purpose specified. groove p, arranged with relation to each other l 2. The herein described roofing tiles, sesubstantially as specified.

cured together by the semi-dovetail lap-joint, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set and having the Water-sheds h up, substantially my hand this 31st day of March, A. D. 187 4.

as and for the purpose specified. JOHN T. WEYBRECHT.

3. The herein-described tiles for roofing pur- Witnesses: poses, constructed with the groove g and pro- J L. SMITH,

jeotion k, for forming a lap joint, the shouli JOHN `VVELCLY. 

